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echo: virus_info
to: MICHAEL MUELLER
from: RICK COLLINS
date: 1996-12-25 10:07:00
subject: Virus Scaners Compar

-=> Quoting Michael Mueller to Kurt Wismer <=-
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mm> Why it should not be not OK to test the scanners just with the
mm> viruses that are most common seen out there in the wild. If they
mm> test this way even new upgrowing AV products (like Dr.Web) will
mm> have a chance to show up there qualities. 
It's OK - if you interpret the results properly.  The best that can
be said is "the following scanners found the displayed percentages of
the viruses used in the test".  You can't, from that, extrapolate
which is the "best" scanner outside of the "in this test" criterion.
TTFN. Rick.
Ottawa, ON 25 Dec 10:09 
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